Trousers-hanger.



G. R. BQWMAN. TROUSERS HANGER. APPLICATION IILD JULY 6, 1911.

1,022,295. Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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GUSTAF R. BOWMAN, 0F ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

TROUSERS-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

y Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Application filed July 6, 1911. Serial No. 637,072-

To all' whom et may concern.:

Ile it known that I, GUs'rAr It. BowMaN, a citizen ofthe United States,and a resident ot' Rockford, inthe county of V/innebago and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrousers-Hangers, of which the 'following is a specilicatioi'i.

My invention relates to improvenients iu hangers for trousers and hastor its object to provide a device 'which is simple, cheap and efficientto permit trousers to be quickly and conveniently hung up to stretch,and which will permit of the ready release ot the same.

W ith these objects in view, my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, arrangement, and combination ot parts as willbe hereinafter tully described and pointed out iu thc claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, .in which Figure l is aperspective view ot my improvement as in use. Fig. 2 is a side eleration of the same showing` position ot parts releasing the trousers.Fig. f-l is a perspective view oi the locking means for holding theparts c-it the device in position to receive the trousers.

In carrying out my invention. I use two tlat bars A and A of metal orother suitable material, the bar A being pivoted to the bar A at itsend, the bar A extending beyond the end of bar A and carrying asuspension hook B which is adapted to hang over a peg, bar or hook in awardrobe or on a wall. At a suitable distance below the pivot a whichconnects the bars A and A a coiled spring C is connected to the saidbars by the hooked ends 0 of the spring, each bar having spaces c cutout to allow the coils of the spring to snugly fit therein. At the lowerends of the bars I provide flat clamping bars A2 constructed alike, eachbar having its central portion bent upon itselt to form a clamp C whichis riveted or otherwise securely fastened to the said bars A and A;these transverse bars have vertical faces which may be roughened and areadapted to grip the trousers or garment which is to be suspended. Thesaid vertical faces of the clamp bars are projected inwardly from theupright arms carrying them, so that they stand away some distance fromsaid arms. The normal action of the spring is to draw the clamping barstoward each other, they forming opposing jaws. To open these jaws andhold them open, I provide the device illustrated in Fig. 3, said device,which is a trigger latch or lock, consisting of the metal strap iron I)which is pivoted at (l to the arm A and at d to the handled iron Il atc', said iron being pivoted to the arm A at c, the iron E extendingbeyond the arm A and 'fashioned into a handle E. Thestrap iron D hasintermediate its ends a lug (l2 proj ecting transversely therefrom, saidlug being -formed by cutting a portion of I) and turning` it upwardly toa horizontal position as plainly indicated in Fig. 3; this lug (Z2 whichconstitutes a stop is to be engaged by the cut out or reduced portion ofthe handled iron IC and prevents it from being thrown down too far. Thehandle E has a notch c3 which will engage and fit over the clamp jawsecured to the lower end ot bar A', holding the bar E in an obliqueposition as shown in Fig. l.

1When it is desired to hang trousers in the device, the trouser legs arepressed together and the lower ends pushed upwardly past the clamp jawswhen they are in the position shown in Fig. 2 until they strike thelatch device comprising the irons E and E', whereupon the latch isbroken at its pivotal center and the coil spring then draws the two jawstoward each other firmly gripping the trousers and holding themsuspended until it is desired to release them, and assuming the positionshown in Fig. 1. To release the trousers from the hanger, the handle Eis grasped and pushed upwardly whereupon the pivoted ends of E and Ewill be brought downwardly until the cut out or reduced end c2 strikesthe stop lug (Z2, the tension of the spring holding them in the positionshown in Fig. 2. The hanger is now set for the next operation of hangingthe trousers.

It will thus be seen that I provide a simple and convenient device forsuspending trousers that is positive in its action and which can beoperated at a very slight eX- penditure of labor.

If desired the hook may with the bar A.

I claim l. A trousers hanger comprising a pair ot arms pivoted to eachother at their upper ends, clamping jaws projecting inwardly toward eachother from the lower ends of said arms, said arms having notches in theinner be made integral i edges intermediate their upper and lower ends,a coil spring connected to said arms and seated in the aforesaidnotches, said spring normally forcing the jaws toward each other, and atwo-part latch pivotally connected at its ends to vthe said arms belowthe coil spring, an operating handle projecting outwardly from saidlatch whereby the latch is adapted to force the jaws apart to permit theentrance of a garment between the said jaws, said latch adapted to bebroken by the upward movement of the garment between said arms andpermit the spring to force the clamping jaws into gripping contact withthe garment.

2. A trousers hanger comprising a pair of arms pivoted to each other attheir upper ends, clamping jaws at the lower ends of said arms, a springconnected to said arms and normally forcing the jaws toward each other,and a two-part latch pivotally connected at its ends to the said arms,said latch adapted to hold the clamping jaws apart to permit theentrance of the garment between said jaws, said latch adapted to bebroken by the upward movement of the garment between said jaws, andpermit the spring to force the clamping jaws into gripping contact witht-he garment.

3. A trousers hanger comprising a pair of arms pivoted to each other ator near their upper ends, transverse clamping jaws at the lower ends ofsaid arms, a spring connected to said arms and normally forcing them andthe clamping jaws toward each other, a latch for holding said jawsseparated and consisting of two members pivotally connected to the armsand to each other, the end of one member of the latch having one endreduced or cut out and its other forming a handle, the other latchmember having a lug positioned to engage the reduced or cut out end ofthe first mentioned latch member, said latch adapted to hold theclamping jaws apart in opposition to the aforesaid spring, and to bereleased or broken by the upward movement of a garment between saidjaws, and means for suspending the hanger arms.

4. A trousers hanger comprising a pair of opposing jaws normally held incontact with each other, and means for separating said jaws, said meansalso positioned to be engaged by the entrance of the garment between theseparated jaws and release them whereby said jaws may spring together tosupport the garment.

GUST. R. BOWMAN. Witnesses DENNIS O. AsrRooTH, ARTHUR R. SANDBERG.

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